venerableness

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The tenderness of youth and the venerableness of age were no protection.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park

Long tenure of estates and little change in the people had given Richmond the venerableness we associate with age.

From The Iron Game A Tale of the War by Keenan, Henry F. (Henry Francis)

There was a splendid old pastor there; his white hair and trumpeting voice gave him venerableness, even when he spoke of things that seemed to me very childish and obvious.

From The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew by Gilbert W.

Hence the importance, the venerableness of all those mediæval hymns.

From Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion by Lee, Vernon

Those who belong to them have all the upstart pride and pettifogging spirit of their present character ingrafted on the venerableness and superstitious sanctity of ancient institutions.

From Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners by Hazlitt, William